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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 1,161 Send Message	Janet	Report	13 Mar 2005 18:39
	There is a 75 to 100 year rule for access to medical records and few are kept. Not as easy to access as the programme 'Who do you think you are?' made them out to be. Janet
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 166 Send Message	Lindsay	Report	13 Mar 2005 17:55
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 166 Send Message	thank you Helen! Would it be the records office local to the area they lived?
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	13 Mar 2005 17:50
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Lindsay I think I read somewhere that medical records are kept at the discretion of the doctor and that they can be routinely destroyed after a certain period. That's for GP records. Hospital records are sometimes at records offices. nell
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 166 Send Message	Lindsay	Report	13 Mar 2005 17:46
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 166 Send Message	Does any kind person know what happens to peoples medical records when they die, and is there any way to access them?